In a more defensive environment, we instead gravitate to lower volatility, higher dividend-paying stocks.
By October, AT & T had pounded out a series of higher lows, confirming a rotation to a bullish trend.
As a long-term trend gauge, I would assume that any price action above this trendline is still within the context of a bullish phase.
I've also drawn a short-term trendline in pink, lining up the price lows in April, May, and June.
Since an uptrend is formed by a pattern of higher highs and higher lows, then a consistent short-term uptrend would most likely remain above this trendline.
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